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title: "How much does GEO cost — and what should you pay for?"
description: "Compare GEO proposals by scope, not promises. See what BeeCited’s $1,500 starting budget covers and how a three-month project can be paid in $500 instalments."
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# How much does GEO cost — and what should you pay for?

**Author:** [BeeCited](https://beecited.agency/about#beecited-editorial)

At BeeCited, turnkey GEO starts at $1,500 for the project. For an agreed three-month project at that price, payment can be split into $500 per month. What matters is the work behind the price: your website, content, public brand information and a way to check progress.

![An ivory project folder beside three yellow payment stages and a citation token.](https://beecited.agency/images/blog/geo-pricing.webp)

Editorial illustration by BeeCited

## Buy a work programme, not a screenshot.

You ask ChatGPT to recommend a provider in your market. Competitors appear; your company does not. The tempting next step is to buy a service that promises to put you first. Before signing, ask what the provider will actually change.

A useful GEO proposal connects the diagnosis with deliverables. If your service pages are unclear, it should name the pages to rewrite. If the site blocks search access, it should include a technical fix. If profiles describe different businesses, it should explain which information will be corrected.

You are paying for that work, its implementation and its verification. An attractive answer screenshot can illustrate a result, but it does not tell you which question was tested, how often the brand appeared or whether a customer ever contacted the business.

## What does “GEO from $1,500” mean at BeeCited?

It is the starting price for an agreed project, not the cost of buying a position in an AI answer. Projects run from 60 days. Before work starts, we define the market, languages, priority services and changes your website needs.

The programme connects website development or improvements, content, consistent brand information, relevant external mentions and measurement. Analytics, tags, client-owned advertising accounts, social profiles and an eligible Google Business Profile are included within the agreed scope. Profile maintenance continues during the project.

A large rebuild, several markets or extensive integrations can change the quote. Ask for a page list, deliverables and exclusions before comparing prices. Advertising spend and third-party costs should be agreed separately rather than hidden in the word “turnkey”.

| Work area | What to agree before paying |
| --- | --- |
| Website | Which pages are built or improved; which technical problems are fixed. |
| Content and brand facts | Topics, languages, profiles and publication responsibilities. |
| External presence | Relevant opportunities, approval rules and any separate placement costs. |
| Analytics and reporting | Accounts, events, a starting baseline and the report you receive. |

## A $1,500 project can be $500 per month.

For example, if we agree on a three-month project with a total price of $1,500, the payment schedule can be three monthly instalments of $500. You spread the cost across the period when the work takes place.

The total is still $1,500. This example is a payment schedule, not a separate $500 service or a promise that every project lasts three months. The final scope, amount and dates are confirmed before the start.

For a small business, this can make a coordinated programme easier to budget than paying the whole amount at once. It also gives you a reason to agree on monthly deliverables: what gets published, what gets fixed and what will be checked next.

## Do you need the whole programme yet?

A missing recommendation does not automatically mean you need every service. Start with the business problem. If customers cannot understand your offer or the website fails on mobile, promoting it more widely will not repair that experience.

The prices below are BeeCited starting prices for different scopes, not market averages or interchangeable packages. A focused improvement can be the sensible first purchase when the problem is contained.

| Your situation | A reasonable starting point | BeeCited starting price |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Several gaps across the website, content and brand presence | Turnkey GEO with a coordinated plan | $1,500 per project |
| A usable site needs better structure, content or search access | Website optimization | $100 |
| You need a new site or a replacement for a limiting platform | Website development | $300 |
| Traffic exists but useful inquiries are not measured | Analytics and tracking setup | $99 |

## Five questions that make quotes comparable.

Ask both providers to answer for the same market and languages. A quote for advice alone cannot be compared fairly with a quote that includes development, publishing and ongoing profile work. Keep account ownership and access in the agreement too.

- What did you find in our current website and public brand information?
- Which pages, profiles, integrations and publications will you work on?
- Who implements the changes, and what must our team supply or approve?
- Which tools, placements, advertising costs and ongoing fees are outside the quote?
- How will you distinguish brand mentions, source links, visits and qualified inquiries?

## What should you see in a progress report?

Start with a saved baseline: relevant customer questions, the original answers, test conditions and the sources used. Repeat a stable question set. Alongside visibility, report the actual pages published, technical fixes and corrected profiles.

Then look at visits and inquiries separately. Being named in an answer is not the same as receiving a visit, and a visit is not automatically a qualified lead. A report should make those differences visible instead of adding everything into one impressive number.

Set commercial expectations using your own business. Illustrative calculation: if a completed sale contributes $500 after delivery costs, three additional sales would cover a $1,500 project fee. That is a budgeting exercise, not a forecast of what GEO will produce.

## A special AI file is not a complete service.

Google’s guidance says the usual SEO foundations apply to its AI features. A proposal built only around new files or special markup leaves the website and offer untouched.

Technical discovery files can be useful parts of a site. They should support readable pages, accurate information and working navigation. Ask what changes for the customer after the implementation, not just which acronym is added.

Be careful with guaranteed positions in independent AI products. A provider can commit to deliverables and a repeatable measurement method. It cannot choose every answer a platform will give to every person.

[Google: AI features and your website](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/ai-features)

## Get a scope you can actually compare.

Send us your website, target market, working languages and the service you most want to sell. If you have already checked AI answers, include the questions and screenshots as starting evidence.

We can then discuss whether a focused fix or a full GEO project fits the situation. You will have a defined scope, total price and payment schedule to evaluate before committing.

## Sources & further reading

Practical guidance, grounded in the sources below. Examples are illustrative; recommendations are our working approach.

- [Google: AI features and your website](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/ai-features)
- [Google: Creating helpful, reliable content](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/creating-helpful-content)

## You may also need

- [GEO, end to end](https://beecited.agency/services/generative-engine-optimization): Website, content and brand visibility in one GEO programme. Split a $1,500 three-month project into $500 monthly payments.
- [Website optimization for SEO & AI](https://beecited.agency/services/website-optimization): Keep your website. Improve its content, structure, speed and visibility for search and AI.
- [GA4, tags & ad account setup](https://beecited.agency/services/analytics-tracking-setup): Google Tag, GA4, Meta Pixel and ad accounts connected. Track inquiries and understand which channels bring them.

## Keep reading

- [How to choose a GEO agency: 15 questions before you pay](https://beecited.agency/blog/how-to-choose-a-geo-agency): Choose a GEO agency by checking what it will change, how it measures progress and what your business will own. Ask for a saved baseline, named deliverables, a complete budget and access to the underlying evidence. A promise to put you first in ChatGPT is not a substitute for those answers.
- [What is GEO? A practical guide beyond the acronym.](https://beecited.agency/blog/what-is-generative-engine-optimization): Generative engine optimization is the work of making a business easier to find, understand and reference in AI-generated answers. It combines a good website with useful content, consistent business information and evidence beyond the site.
- [How to measure AI visibility without fooling yourself.](https://beecited.agency/blog/how-to-measure-ai-search-visibility): Measure brand mentions, website citations, referred visits and qualified inquiries separately. Use a fixed question set, save the original answers and record the test conditions. A visibility percentage means little without its denominator.

## Let’s give your brand a clearer voice.

Tell us where you are now. We’ll work out the right starting point together.

[Let’s talk about your project](https://beecited.agency/contact?source=%2Fblog%2Fgenerative-engine-optimization-cost&placement=markdown&service=geo#inquiry)

Email: [beecited@gmail.com](mailto:beecited@gmail.com)

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